The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-06-14
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held at Bronson, beginning on Monday,
Aug. !.
The Ieesbttrg Commercial has declared
their railroad war off, having won the
passes.
r. II. P. Drought, of Kissimmee, started
Tuesday for two or three months visit to
his old home i'll England.
There's a gang of Georgia bachelors in
Boston who have quarantined against all
femininity for the summer.
Over 200 laborers on the Ponce DeLeon,
st. Augustine, have left the city, frightened
off by the yellow fever rumors.
AT special meeting of the Kissimmee
City Council, held Saturday morning, Mr.
j. Getchell was elected city attorney.
Two of Leesburgs citizens had an argu-
ment on Main street Sunday which resulted
in trough and tumble" The timely ar
rival of the Marshal put an end to the
exercise
Maj. .. p Rocks has sold forty acres of
land at Lake Lenora, Fruitland Park, to
Samuel H. Doten, wealthy resident of
Portland, Me. The property will be hand
somely improved.
Sanford is thinking of giving up her
Fourth of July celebration on account of
the disturbed public feeling just now, and
because it would hardly be safe TO have
There is to be large barbecue and meet
ing in Leesburg ON June "A for the purpose
of discussing the building of a railroad from
Leesburg around the south side of Lake
Harris to connect with the 7. A. & G.. Ry
The crop of LeConte pears will be much
larger this year than ever raised before in
Levy county. Col. Sebring and F. A. Ar
mold are the largest growers at present, but
large number of groves are coming on,
and the pear is destined to be one of the
fruits of that section. =.
P. O. Sneller living in the eastern part of
Levy county, has realized to date SIG SO on
three-sixteenths of an acre of cabbages He
has converted that much of the crop into
cash, besides large family have used cab
bage from the tract since December, and
there are a goodly number Of heads yet to
be disposed of.
Leesburg merchants have decided to run
free excursion every Thursday from Moss
Bluff, Starke, Emeralda and Sigh to Lees
burg and return. These excursions will be
a great convenience to the people living at
the above named places, and give some idea
of the activity and enterprise of the Lees
burg merchants.
The Board of Health at Fernandina made
Bryceville a quarantine station, with Rev
j. S. Herbert as inspector. The north-bound
train, at 3 o'clock, is compelled to stop every
day and undergo an examination of its pas
sengers, baggage, etc There is a DISPOSE
ton on the part of many of the people there
to kick against,this.
Maj. st. Clair Abrams says that he can
complete arrangements to finish his road at
once, and that bis corps of surveyors will
be in Kissimmee to permanently locate the
line on next Mnoday. The graders will fol
low as soon as the surveyors get out of the
md thc will ho l,nI
both ends of the line
At the Democratic Executive Committee
meeting for Sumter county, held at Sumter
vile last Monday, the following gentlemen
were recommended to fill vacancies in
county offices: A. S. Harvey, of Adams
vile, for Collector; e. II. Rennolds, of
Wildwood, County Surveyor; Tom Chap
man, of Bamboo, for Sheriff.
The case of Will Wallace Harvey VS..
estate of W. A. Patrick, for services rem
dered and material furnished for the publ
cation of the Bitter iS,oeet in Kissimmee
from some time in 1883 to February, 1885,
was tried at Orlando last week. The jury
brought in verdict for the defense, as the
plaintiff failed to prove his account
S. Bachman, of Bronson, is, smiling
over a small onion that measures 1854 inches
in circumference and weighs 2S ounces
This is the largest of the season so far re-
corded in Levy county, and shows what can
be produced in Florida sand. Mr.. Bachman
also has fine lot of Irish potatoes that can
only be duplicated by some other live farmer
in Levy county.
Rev. j. p. DePass, the pioneer peach cul-
turist of Archer, after nearly twenty years
of aSsiduouS attention and labor in propa-
eating the old and introducing the new va
rietieS, has at last succeeded in producing
the Peen-to of mammoth proportions and
best of all, i'll eliminating the bitter princi-
pie so that the most delicate taste of the SEN
sitive epicure can find no objection to this
luscious fruit.
The Leesburg brass band, which disbanded
a short time since by mutual agreement of
its members, such agreement being occa-
stoned by the non-support of some of the
citizens subscribing to pay monthly allow
ance for its maintenance, was Friday eve
ming reorganized through the active efforts
of Mr.. G.. A. Schneider, who called a meet
ing of 1.-THE boys" to which they responded
with their usual alacrity.
A day or two ago negro at work on
Capt. Adams grove, across the river from
Palatka, discovered and killed an immense
rattlesnake. He was all coiled up and ready
to strike when the negro saw him lying only
two feet from where he was standing It
was but the work of an instant to dispatch
the snake with hoe, which the man was
working with. The snake was cut into sew
eral pieces, and when examined he was
found r. have twenty-four rattles on his
tail, which unlucRily were cut in two by the
hoe.
Saturday forenoon quite lively cyclone
struck Orlando, and for fifteen minutes the
air was filed with heavy clouds of dust
which drove everyone inside and forced the
business houses to close their doors. The
storm seemed heaviest i'll the eastern por-
ton of the city and near Lakes Eola and
Lucerne it was nearly impossible for pedes-
trians to remain on their feet. The travel
ing photographer, who had pitched his tent
on the corner of Main and Pine streets. was
the worst sufferer las his canvas residence was
torn into shreds and his apparatus scattered.
The American flag, however, continues to
wave from the staff on which il mad been
placed at the entrance to the tent. and he
will probably resume business in few DAYS.
A refreshing rain followed. which effect
ually laid the dust and cooled the heated
air
w. II. Perry, of the firm of Perry Bros. &
Taylor, Of Lake City, consummated last
week the purchase of the business and outfit
OF the cigar mandatory of +. A. Gonzalez
of Jacksonville, which is now being removed
10 that place, where il viii be continued by
Mr. Perry and associates, under the firm
name OF Perry 81 Co.. The factory will
be designated by am appropriate title
Of its own, not yet decided upon,